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Jon Dunbar is a copy editor at The Korea Times, as well as editor of the Foreign Community page and curator of the Korea Times Archive. If you have suggestions for possible articles, or wish to contribute articles yourself, contact jdunbar@koreatimes.co.kr.
Anyone who remembers the 2000s in Korea knows the foreign food scene was lacking. That goes for the area around western Seoul's Hongik University as well, which had a lot of good, cheap Korean restaurants and Korean street food, but very little in the way of foreign food. One of the early establishments to challenge that was Bob's Barbie.
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As temperatures continue to drop in Seoul, a warm breeze is blasting up from the south. Sansette, a seven-piece Filipino band, is bringing a bit of that eternal summer warmth they enjoy on their home island of Cebu this weekend.
Let's face it, the accordion just isn't a popular instrument in Korea, laments accordionist Alexander Sheykin.
Seoul Players is ready to stage its 11th Ten-Minute Play Festival, with the curtain rising on the first round this Friday.
Entering the basement warehouse of Tongbang Books feels like quite the adventure. The multiroom, multilayer labyrinth is crammed floor to ceiling with shelves holding about half a million books, all of which are in English.
The Itaewon Global Village Center (Itaewon GVC) will host its "2024 Living in Seoul Talk Series" on Nov. 9.
Alan Taylor first arrived in Korea in 1966, as part of K-1 the first dispatch of U.S. Peace Corps volunteers. He and his wife spent two years in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, which he described as a "pre-industrial countryside."
If something smells funny in Itaewon these days, it might be due to Skunk on the Sunset, a newly rebranded bar located on the ground floor of a small building in a particularly narrow alley.
Craic House is celebrating its second anniversary this Saturday. A sports theme has been announced, with customers encouraged to dress in athletic gear.